Flood alert in Haryana again 
Water level rises in Yamuna, Delhi forewarned
Yamunanagar/Chandigarh, July 31
Haryana government sounded a flood alert in four districts on Saturday and ‘forewarned’ Delhi about the rising water level in the Yamuna. Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat and Sonepat are the districts likely to be affected.
A submerged link road in Yamunanagar district. The water level in the Yamuna is expected to rise further with the Met department forecasting heavy rainfall in HP and Uttarakhand in the next 48 hours. Tribune photo

Games  Row
Every pie is accounted for, says Kalmadi
New Delhi, July 31
Strongly refuting allegations of financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today said there was total transparency in all deals and “every pie is accounted for”.

PMO steps in, Cabinet Secy to review projects 
Will deal with corruption cases after Games are over: Gill
New Delhi, July 31
Taking serious note of allegations of financial irregularities, the Prime Minister’s Office has stepped in, asking Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar to review the status of all ongoing projects related to the Commonwealth Games.

Valley on the boil, curfew clamped in all towns
Two dead, over 39 injured in fresh clashes
Srinagar, July 31
Curfew was clamped in all major towns of Kashmir, including Srinagar, as protesters torched a railway station and clashed with security forces, who opened fire leaving two persons dead and over 39 others injured, including 28 cops. 
CRPF men guard a street in Srinagar on Saturday. Tribune photo: Amin War 

CPM plotting to kill me: Mamata
Kolkata, July 31
Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged that CPM has hatched a conspiracy to eliminate her. “The CPM is unable to fight me politically. In the conspiracy, some CPM ministers are also involved,” Mamata alleged at a crowded press conference at her Kalighat residence. She claimed that CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee would be responsible for any attempt on her life. She said she would visit Lalghar on August 9 and meet the locals, despite resistance from the state government and its cadres

Good news in ‘advance’
Advance income tax collection up by 27 pc in Q1
Chandigarh, July 31
If the advance tax collections by the Income Tax Department in the first quarter of 2010-2011 are any indication of the way things are going to go during the remaining fiscal, economic planners can keep humming the Hollywood hit “All izz well” as revenues have increased by almost 27 per cent, with both corporate and individual taxes showing an upwardly swing.

Punjab eyes Borlaug Institute for S Asia Chandigarh, July 31 Punjab will enter the race to bag the prestigious Borlaug Institute for South Asia by flying in a team from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) to Ludhiana tomorrow and make a high-power pitch, led by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal.